small arm

noun

Usually small arms. a firearm designed to be held in one or both hands while being fired: in the United States the term is applied to weapons of a caliber of up to one inch (2.5 centimeters).

Origin of small arm

First recorded in 1680–90

OTHER WORDS FROM small arm

small-armed, adjective

Words nearby small arm

smackhead, smacking, small, small advertisement, smallage, small arm, small arms, small beer, small-bore, small bowel, smallboy

Example sentences from the Web for small arm

The bore is made of any rifle calibre for any small-arm ammunition, and is fitted with a safety-lock.
The Romance of Modern Invention|Archibald Williams
The little three-pounders, as you know, have their venomous shell and charge together like small-arm ammunition.
A Fleet in Being|Rudyard Kipling
I was being bombarded incessantly, and since the morning had been severely harassed by small-arm fire.
Three Years' War|Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
From the hold came boxes of small-arm ammunition of Mausers, rifles, machetes, and saddles.
The Red Cross Girl|Richard Harding Davis

The small-arm of the infantry is the "3-line" rifle of the 1901 model.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights|Kelly Miller

单词	small arm
释义	small arm noun Usually small arms. a firearm designed to be held in one or both hands while being fired: in the United States the term is applied to weapons of a caliber of up to one inch (2.5 centimeters). Origin of small arm First recorded in 1680–90 OTHER WORDS FROM small arm small-armed, adjective Words nearby small arm smackhead, smacking, small, small advertisement, smallage, small arm, small arms, small beer, small-bore, small bowel, smallboy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for small arm The bore is made of any rifle calibre for any small-arm ammunition, and is fitted with a safety-lock. The Romance of Modern Invention\|Archibald Williams The little three-pounders, as you know, have their venomous shell and charge together like small-arm ammunition. A Fleet in Being\|Rudyard Kipling I was being bombarded incessantly, and since the morning had been severely harassed by small-arm fire. Three Years' War\|Christiaan Rudolf de Wet From the hold came boxes of small-arm ammunition of Mausers, rifles, machetes, and saddles. The Red Cross Girl\|Richard Harding Davis The small-arm of the infantry is the "3-line" rifle of the 1901 model. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights\|Kelly Miller
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